Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 19, 2026
At 5-Minute Recipes, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
Table of Contents
1. Information We Collect
Personal Information: When you submit a recipe, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us, we may collect:
- Name and email address
- Recipe content and images you submit
- Comments and feedback
Automatically Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information when you visit our website:
- IP address and browser type
- Pages visited and time spent on pages
- Referring website addresses
- Device information
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Providing, maintaining, and improving our website and services
- Processing and publishing user-submitted recipes
- Sending newsletters and promotional communications (with your consent)
- Responding to your comments, questions, and requests
- Analyzing website usage to improve user experience
- Detecting, preventing, and addressing technical issues and security threats
- Complying with legal obligations
3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website. Cookies are files with small amounts of data that are stored on your device.
Types of Cookies We Use:
- Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function properly
- Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors use our website
- Marketing Cookies: Track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
4. Third-Party Services
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services. These third parties may have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf. Third-party services we may use include:
- Google Analytics for website analytics
- Google AdSense for displaying advertisements
- Email service providers for newsletters
- Social media platforms for content sharing
4a. Google AdSense & Advertising
We use Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google LLC, to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the Internet.
How Google uses your data:
- Google uses the DoubleClick cookie to serve ads based on your visit to this site and other sites on the Internet
- Google may use personalized advertising (also referred to as interest-based advertising) to show you ads based on your browsing history and interests
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet
Your opt-out options:
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings
- You can also opt out of third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices
- For more information about how Google uses data, visit Google's Privacy & Terms page
We are committed to ensuring that our advertising practices comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for users in the European Economic Area.
5. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: Request copies of your personal data
- Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
- Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
- Restrict Processing: Request restriction of processing your data
- Object to Processing: Object to our processing of your data
- Data Portability: Request transfer of your data
To exercise these rights, please contact us at hello@5-minuterecipes.com
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
7. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- Email: hello@5-minuterecipes.com
- Website: Contact Page